Matthew 24

1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things verily I say unto you There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down

3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you

5 For many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars see that ye be not troubled for all these thingsmust come to pass but the end is not yet

7 For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places

8 All these arethe beginning of sorrows

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake

10 And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another

11 And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many

12 And because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold

13 But he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come

15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place (whoso readeth let him understand

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes

19 And woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter neither on the sabbath day

21 For then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no nor ever shall be

22 And except those days should be shortened there should no flesh be saved but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened

23 Then if any man shall say unto you Lo here isChrist or there believe itnot

24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders insomuch that if it werepossible they shall deceive the very elect

25 Behold I have told you before

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you Behold he is in the desert go not forth behold he isin the secret chambers believe itnot

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east and shineth even unto the west so shall also the coming of the Son of man be

28 For wheresoever the carcase is there will the eagles be gathered together

29 ¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer isnigh

33 So likewise ye when ye shall see all these things know that it is near evenat the doors

34 Verily I say unto you This generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away

36 ¶ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven but my Father only

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noe entered into the ark

39 And knew not until the flood came and took them all away so shall also the coming of the Son of man be

40 Then shall two be in the field the one shall be taken and the other left

41 Two women shall begrinding at the mill the one shall be taken and the other left

42 ¶ Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come

43 But know this that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken up

44 Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his lord hath made ruler over his household to give them meat in due season

46 Blessed isthat servant whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing

47 Verily I say unto you That he shall make him ruler over all his goods

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart My lord delayeth his coming

49 And shall begin to smite hisfellowservants and to eat and drink with the drunken

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of

51 And shall cut him asunder and appoint himhis portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth